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1934

PUBLISHED BY THE SENIOR CLASS

ABBOT ACADEMY

ANDOVER, MASSACHUSETTS

To Mrs. Duncan

Well, Lena, and what is it today? Cold? We'll fix that up. Come

right in here. There I have some nice ..."

"Oh. no, Mrs. Duncan. I'm all right. I onlv wanted to . . ."
To come and see me? Well, isn't that nice of vou. It's so nice to
have . . . "

"But Mrs. Duncan, we want to dedicate our book . . . '

"And vou'd like to discuss it with me? I'm honored, Lena, reallv.
Well, ... ."

(desperately) "To you. We want it dedicated to vou."

"Oh. Lena!"

This brief scrap of conversation between our dear nurse and class
president took place when Lena went to tell Mrs. Duncan that we liked
her so much we wanted to dedicate our class book to her. The first
thing she thought of was her picture. "But. Lena . . . you want my
picture in vour book?" And now that the picture is taken and printed,
we'd like to say it really doesn't do her justice; in fact, no picture
could. That kindlv. busv. efficient air which is so characteristic of her
and makes the infirmarv a place to which we love to go, is hard to
catch in a photograph. Just the same, we will never forget it, and when
we pick up our nineteen-thirtv-four class book some forty or fifty
vears from now and see her picture there, she will be as dear to us in
memory as she is now in realitv. It would be hard to forget one who
has been such a help to all of us, certainlv, in more ways than one.
Although we go to her for our sick bodies, somehow she manages to
administer to our sick souls too. Our Mrs. Duncan is more than nurse,
more than doctor; and in dedicating our book to her we mean to tell her
that above all she is our friend.

MRS. HANNAH DUNCAN

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V. Holden

M. Rogers

L. Hamilton

Senior Class Officers

Lena Hamilton
Virginia Holden
Margaret Morrill
Marion Roger;,

Presidetit

Vice-President

Secretary

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JANE MATHER CAMPBELL
32 Glen Ave., Mount Vernon, N. Y

Smith

Tuo Years

Campbell! One of the outstanding adornments of
the Class of '34. but if she had her way about it
you'd never guess it. There's no need to enumerate
all her accomplishments 'since we alreadv know
them) but giving full credit where it is due, we all
agree that Jane is a trust v friend and a good one.

Fidelio '33, 34; Editor-ir. -Chief of Cot/rant '34; Choir '33, 34; Student Government '34; Vice-President
Abbot Athletic Association '34; Cuurant '33, '34: Christmas Party '3 1 : Hiking Leader '33. '34; Honor Roll
'33, '34; Tea Dance Committee '33; Senior-Mid Play '33; Senior-Mid Class Council '33; Honor Bonus.

ADA ELEANORA CARLSON
3 Highland Wayside, Andover, Mass.

Five Years

"Won't vou please pav attention? and do put
some spirit into vour singing." Who else could
this be but our able song leader? In spite of the fact
that Ada's a day scholar she seems to get around
plenty at Abbot as well as in her town. We wish
you luck, Miss Carlson, and hope to see vou at our
75th.

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Y\^ I <£ ^/| U3a ^ 2 - ;33 - Athletic Council '33, '34; Senior-Mid Play '33; Day Scholar Entertainment '33, '34; Numerals '29
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U/JT <jIa(JJT Athletic Tea Dance Committee '33; Odeon '33, '34; Fidelio '30, '3L '32, '33, '34: "A" Society '32, '33, '34
rW j Choir .33, '34; Club Basketball Team '31, '32, '33.

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MERCEDES CLOS
"Chichi"

25 Prospect PI., N. Y. C.

Four Years

Our Chichi is just an adorable surprise package.
She is like a rambling old-time mansion, where
you rind yourself in a few rooms which open into
others, and on and on thev go big ones,

small ones, light and dark . . . nor have we vet
come to the end of them. She is a very unusual sort
of person. Whatever vou do in the end, Chichi, be
sure to let us know about it. We've guessed long
enough, as to what it will be, and we've all agreed
on one point: It's sure to be unusual.

Head of Track '32, '33; A.D.S. '32, '33, '34; Head of Hockey "33; Class Book Board '34; Captain of Gar-
goyles '34; "A" Society '33, '34; Varsity Track Team '31, '32, '33; Prom Committee '33, Varsity Hocke)
Team '31, '33; Tea Dance Decorating Committee '33; Senior-Mid Banquet Committee '33; Entertainment
Committee '31, '32, '34; Numerals '31; Athletic Council '32, '33, '34.

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KATHARINE ESMERELDA DAMON

Kay

24 Alpine St., Maiden, Mass.

Katharine Gibbs Three Years

"Here's to you, Oh Kay,

The captain of our team," thus saith the Griffins.
But for the rest of us there is a bit more to say. W 7 e
remember well three short years ago when a little
bundle of happiness landed on the fourth floor.
Since then Kay you have been one of our shining
stars always ready to help and cheer us up. We ex-
pect that soon you will be the gracious president of
a "Designing Concern." And the Class of '34 will
never forget the wild tales of Old New Hampshire.

Varsity Hockey Team '31, '32, '33; Choir '34; Varsity Baseball Team '32; Student Governmem 34.
Club Baseball Team '32, Varsity Ping Pong '31, '32, '33, Varsity Clock Golf '31 ; Secretary-Treasurer Griffins
'33, Griffin Captain '34, Athletic Council '33, '34; Griffin Party '32; Prom Decorating Committee 33, \bbot
Birthday Committee '33, Fidelio '32, '33, '34; Draper Dramatics '33; Senior Mid Play 33; Courant '32. '33.
'34; President Senior-Mid Class '33, Junior-Mid Treasurer '32; Honor Bonus '34; "A" Society '33, 34; Senior
Play '34; Christmas Party '31, '32, '33; Hiking Leader '34; Numerals '32; Chevrons '33; Class Book Board
'34; Head of Hockey '32; Society Banquet Committee '33; Business Editor Courant '34; French Pla\ '32,
Senior-Mid Tea Dance Committee 33

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SARAH DEAN

" Sheet er"

354 North Main St., Andover, Mass.

Roll ins Two Years

Skeeter's a quiet person until you get the doors
closed — and more than once we've heard shrieks
issuing from Sandy's room. Mutual acquaintances
perhaps?

"And, Miss Dean, just what is it that gets you
over the high |um|V"

"Oh just being small and smiling, I guess."

Track Team '33; Secretary-Treasurer Q.E.D. '34; Secretary-Treasurer Griffin Team '34; Q.E.D. '33, '34.

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MARY AGNES FLAHERTY

"Flit"

2512 West 17th St., Wilmington, Del.

Smith Two Years

"Hoorav for the Irish" we cry and it is echoed by
a loud Ha! Ha! Ha! Who is that? Frankenstein 3 No,
mv dear voung ladies, it is not. Hiding behind that
veil, a set of beautiful white teeth, a lovely smile,
and famous eyes is no other than Flit.

Tho' but two vears old to us, she is a part of
everything important here at school, including
charming (?) operas at nine o'clock. Nice going,
keed, and keep it up.

mJCr *"^"Iw> ^5* V First Vice-President Student Government '34- Class Book Board '34; Honor Bonus '34; Vice-President

l\ & J*^^ Senior-Mid Class '33; A. D.S. '33, '34; Senior-Mid Plays '33; Draper Dramatics '33, Tea Dance Committee '34;

Prom Committee '33; Senior-Mid Tea Dance Committee '33, A. D.S. Plays '34; Gargoyle Hockey Team '33.
Numerals '33; Christmas Party Committee '33, '34; Advisory Board '33; Senior-Mid Banquet Committee '33;
, *) * ;S Societv Banquet Committee '33; Merit Committee '33, '34; Nominating Committee '33-

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ELIZABETH MORSE FLANDERS

"Bens"

118 Main St., Andovcr, Mass.

Vassar I it t \ tan

Did vou say that you noticed a bright smile and
some lovely blond curly hair? The first guess, and
I'm right — thev belonged to Betty Flanders. Oh
ves, and she's versatile too. Nothing from painting
scenerv to skiing seems to stump her. Such ac-
complishments linked up with a charming person-
alis surelv points toward something great.

Honor Roll '30, '31, 32, '33; Numerals '32; Captain Griffin Hockev '34; "A" Societv 33, '34; Track
Team '30, '31; Les Beaux Arts '32, '33, '34; Fidelio '31, '32, '33, '34; Day Scholar Play '32, '33; Senior-Mid
Play '33; Senior Play '34; Secretary-Treasurer of LB. A. '33; Art Editor of Class Book; Entertainment Com-
mittee '34; Posture Committej '31, '33; Griffin Baseball Team '33; Honor Bonus '31, '34; Senior-Mic! Tea
Dance Committee '33; Class Secretary '32;Society Banquet Committee '33; Stage sets of Senior Mid Plays '33,
Prom Usher '32; Abbot Birthdav Committee.

DELIGHT DAWSON HALL

"Dee"

East Haddam, Conn.
Columbia Three Years

The kind of a girl who's popular everywhere she
goes and with evervone she meets? That's Deedee.
The interesting kind of person who has a deep
appreciation of all sorts of things, and the kind
who's apt to know the most fascinating people":*
That's Deedee, too. Not only is she all that but
she can do most anvthing you could possibly think
of. She is in short, the perfect all-around girl, with
accomplishments galore to add to that.

Art Editor of Coimint '32. '33, '34; Draper Dramatics '33; Editor of Class Book '34; French Pla) '32; Da)
Scholars' Play '32, '33, '34; Head of Archerv '34; Secretary-Treasurer of Gargoyles ^4. Head ol Skating
Captain Gargoyle Hockey '34, Varsity Hockev '33, '34, Club Hockev Team '32, Hiking Leader 33 Honor
Bonus; Numerals '33; "A" Societv '34, Advisor) Board 34; Honor Roll '}}. 34. Senior-Mid Play '33. Ath-
letic Council '33, '34; Varsity Baseball '33; Abbot Birthday Committee '33. Manager of Courant Pla\ '34,
Senior-Mid Tea Dance Committee '33; Society Banquet Committee '33-

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"Lee"
Limestone, Maine

Five Years

. . . Words fail us when we try to describe our
president. She has proven to us that more than
good potatoes come from Limestone. For what
could be better than her efficiency, smile, and per-
sonality? As far as we know, she is the onlv pain-
less, class verse teacher existing today. And what
happens to a case of blues when she comes its way?
The best of luck to you, Lena, Mav we be a patient
of vours in the near future.

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Junior-Mid Student Government Representative '32; Senior-Mid Student Government Representative
'33; Treasurer Junior Class '31; Advisory Board '33; Treasurer Abbot Christian Association '33; Fidelio '33
'34; Philomatheia '33, '34; Vice-President Senior-Mid Class '33; Honor Roll '31, '32; Senior-Mid Plav '33
Basketball Varsity '30, '32, '33; Baseball Varsity '32, '33; Hiking Leader '34; Basketball Club Team '31
Baseball Club Team 30, '31; Christmas Party '32, '33, '34; President "A" Society '33; "A" Society '32, '33,
'34; Draper Dramatics '32; Head of Winter Sports '33; President Senior Class '34; Abbot Birthday Committee
31, 3?, '33; Numerals '31; Chevrons '32, '33, 34; Prom Usher '32; Student Government '34; Senior Play '34;
French Plav '32; Class Book Board '34; Basketball Gargovle Captain '33; Senior-Mid Council '33; Entertain-
ment Committee '33; Honor Bonus '32, '33, '34; Posture Committee '31; Posture Honor Roll '32; Gargoyle
Entertainment '33.

ELEANOR HARRIETT HARRYMAN

"Fl"

1027 South 7th St., Charleston, 111.

Vassar Five Years

Everyone is so fond of Eleanor it seems impossi-
ble that she should be in charge of our conduct,
morals, and so forth. The fact is, that she is one of
those people who are liked, no matter what his
duties or positions are, even such an unenviable one
as hers. We know that Eleanor feels much worse
than we do when she has to speak to us now and
then. Eleanor's absence from Abbot will make
it a good deal emptier than most of our gradua-
tions and the underclassmen will be as sorry to lose
her as her classmates.

Junior Student Government Representative '31; Junior-Mid Treasurer '32; Fidelio '31, '32, '33, '34;
Draper Dramatics '32, '33; Children's Party '34; Senior-Mid Play '33: Odeon '33, Senior Play Stage Manager
'34; President of Odeon '34; President Student Government '34; Club Hockev Team '33; Baseball Club Team
'33; Numerals; "A" Society '33; Prom Usher '31, '32; Hiking Leader '34; Honor Bonus '32, '33, '34; Chev-
ron '33; Abbot Birthday Committee '30, '31, '32, '33, '34.
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Hampton Hall, Cranford, N. J.

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Two Years

So much could be said about Jinny that one hard-
lv knows where ro begin. As forward on the var-
sity hockey team, as vice-president of our class, or
as a member of Philomatheia, her enthusiasm and
capabilitv affect her fellow workers. When Jinny
walks into a room you automatically smile, be-
cause vou know vou will as soon as she speaks. And
did vou ever see a Fridav night when Jinny wasn't
in the "rec" room, or a tea dance or Prom on the
hill ro which she wasn't invited?

Vice-President Senior Class; Fidel io '33, '34 Student Governm
matheia '33, '34; Senior Play '34; Varsity Hockey Team '33, '34; He:
Committee '33; Numerals '33; Athletic Tea Dance Committee '34; Ch
mi t tee '33; Society Banquet Committee '33; Posture Committee '34

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ELEANOR CASSANDRA KINSMAN

Sandy
384 High St., Newburyport, Mass.
Smith Two Years

Congratulations on your success as head of
riding, Sandy! But Sandv is such a grand rider that
it was probablv no trouble at all for her to set an
example for us would-be equestriennes. And how
we all envy you when we see vou drive around the
circle in that snappv roadster of yours in which
your mother had so thoughtfullv driven up to see
you! Best of luck at Smith next year and don't let
West Point take up all your attention.

Basketball Club Team '32; Philomatheia '33, '34, Second Basketball Club Team '33. Nun
Entertainment Committee '34, Head of Riding '34, Posture Committee '33; Entertainment Committee
Christmas Partv '33.

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NANCY POPE MARSH
'Nanko"

155 Center St., Danvers. Mass

Smith

Four Years

Bubbling over again with wicked glee. Nanko?
Is it in telling something related to — well, a certain
country north of us beginning with a capital
"C"? We all love her spontaneity and ability to
keep us so amused, and as for envy of that most
excellent repartee in the mediums of puns
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'32, '33, 34; Abbot Birthday Committee '31; Les Beaux Arts '33. 34;
umerals '33; President Les Beaux Arts '34; German Plav '33, Hockev
33; Senior- Mid Plays '33; Head of Hiking '34-

MARGARET GAYDEN MORRILL
"Peggy"

209 High St., Newbury port, Mass.
Erskine School Four Years

Vi hen Peggy's name is mentioned one imme-
diately pictures her as one of the manv characters
she has portrayed on the stage. As president of the
dramatic societv she seems to belong behind the
footlights. But Peggy's influence is not limited to
the dramatic art bv anv means. The way she suc-
cessfullv acted as secretarv of our class shows that.
W ell all be there to see you on your opening night,
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ADS. '31. 32. '33. 34; Senior Play '34, President A.D.S. '34; Treasurer of Junior Mid-Class '32; Senior-
Mid Plav> 33; Nominating Committee '31. 32; Numerals '32; Posture Honor Roll '33; Draper Dramatics '32;
Secretary of Senior Class '34; Posture Committee '32; Senior-Mid Banquet Committee '33; Christmas Partv
Committee '34, Proctor Bonus '34; Hiking Leader '34; Honor Bonus '34; A.D.S. Plays '32, '33. '34.

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CAROLYN MUZZY

"Carol"

Waterville, Maine

Two Years

Carolyn is one of those restful people who greets
you with a smile. However flurried the rest of us
may become, she glides calmly through our midst
like some serene spirit. Someday, Carolyn, you
must stop a little and share with us your intriguing
personality.

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Philomatheia '33, '34; Advisory Board '34; Secretary-Treasurer of Philomatheia '34; Chairman Enter-
tainment Committee '34; First Club Basketball Team '34; Numerals "33; Second Club Basketball Team '33
Senior-Mid Plav '33.

SARAH MARGARET O'REILLY
Sally
244 West Main St., Lock Haven, Pa.
Smith Three Years

"On the west bank of the Susquehanna" etc.,
etc. We'll never forget that description, and will
never forget you, O'Reilly, either. We'll vouch for
your capability, personality, and popularity any
time and anywhere. Again we can shout "Hurrah
for the Irish." Do be a good girl at Smith and don't
spend too much time at Yale.

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'34; Senior-Mid Student Government Representative '33; Abbot Birthday Committee '32, '33; Choir '33, K *-•-*«—*. \\^jT ■KXJ^ •/

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President of Abbot Christian Association '34; Germa

mittee '33; Senior Play '34; Hiking Leader '34; Athletic Council '33; Prom Decoration Committee '33; r\

Athletic Tea Dance Committee '34; Posture Committee '34; Senior-Mid Banquet Committee 33; Bible ^ CX~L

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ANN RICHMOND PLACE

' 'Annie"

333 East 57th St., N. Y. C.
Bennington Four Years

No one that has been in Abbot during the past
four years will hesitate a minute to recall Ann
Place. Was there ever a more individual person
with so much style, charm and personality? Or
could anyone forget her collection of frogs on
bracelets, pins, and numerous other articles. Life's
sure to be grand for vou, Annie!

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Student Government Representative '34; Vice-President of A C.A. '34; Courant Board '33, '34; Hiking
Leader '33; Class Vice-President '30; Senior Mid Play '33; Athletic Council '34; German Play '33; Numerals
'33; Abbot Birthday '31, '32; Honor Bonus; Fire Captain '34; Gargoyle Baseball Team; Head of Golf '34;
Tea Dance Committee '34; Senior-Mid Tea Dance Committee '33; Christmas Party Committee '32, '33-

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BARBARA BICKNELL RITZMAN

"Barbs"

Durham, N. H.

Smith

Two Years

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good will, and a verv bright and keen sense of
humor that reaches us in just the right spot. She
has a very appreciative following around Abbot
because we can't help realizing how many interests
she has.

Odeon '33,

34, Secretary-Treasurer Odeon '33,
Treasurer Student Council '34; Senior-Mid Plays
Council '33; Honor Bonus '34

34; Christmas Party '33; Honor Roll '33, '34; Secretary-
33; Abbot Birthday Committee '33; Senior-Mid Class

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MARY ELIZABETH ROCKWELL

North Andover, Mass.

Vassar Five Years

When we think of that '"smooth" day scholar
we all turn green with envy, but Mary has such a
pleasing personality combined with her good looks,
that it is a pleasing envy instead of a disagreeable
jealousy. And didn't Mary make a grand head of
tennis this year? Yes, Miss Rockwell, we all bet on
vou to succeed wherever you go and in whatever
vou do.

Fidelio Society '29, '30, '31; "A" Society '32, '33, '34; Philomatheia '33, '34; Numerals '30; President of
Philomatheia '34; Head of Tennis '33, '34; Abbot Birthday Committee '33; Chevron '33; Treasurer of Senior-
Mid Class '33; Honor Bonus '34, Business Manager of Class Book '34; Honor Roll '32; Griffin Tennis Team
'29; Day Scholar's Play '33, '34; Varsity Tennis Team '33; Posture Honor Roll '31; Day Scholar Student
Government Representative '33, '34; Senior-Mid Tea Dance Committee '32; Abbot Athletic Association '33,
'34, Tea Dance Committee '33-

MARION ELIZABETH ROGERS

"M.imt"

401 North River Rd., Manchester, N. H.

Five Years

Marion, one of our five-year old "grandmothers"
will always stav in our hearts. Who can forget her
as a chic Parisian, our capable treasurer, or as the
lucky girl who has interesting callers from a cer-
tain Northern University. Here's best of luck to
you, Marion, and don't tear Manchester up too
much.

A.D.S. '33, '34; Senior Play '34; A.D.S. Plays '34, Nominating Committee '31, '32, '33; Vice-President
Junior-Mid Class '32; Numerals '32; Treasurer of Senior Class "34; Proctor Bonus '31, Day Scholars Enter-
tainment Committee '32, '33: Senior-Mid Banquet Committee '33; Honor Bonus '32; Senior-Mid Tea Dance
Committee '33; Student Council '33; Christmas Party Committee '34, Abbot Birthday Committee '32, Sec-
. retarv-Treasurer of A.D.S. '34.

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MABEL WINIFRED SAVAGE

"Mol"
28 South Main St., Sharon, Mass.

T hree Years

Did you ever see a dream dancing? Well this
isn't a dream but Mollv floating around the rec-
reation room. And dancing isn't all bv anv means.
W ho has kept A. A. A. running smoothlv? Who
helps keep Griffin basketball up to scratch? Who
breaks Abbot track records? (chorus) Our Mollv!
Good luck for always, Mollv, and we hope the ship
comes into harbor soon.

President of Abbot Athletic Association '34; Fidelio '32, '33, '34; Griffin Song Leaier '33, '34; Choir '32,
'33, '34: President of Choir '34; Senior-Mid Banquet Committee '33; Posture Committee '33; Christmas Party
Committee '32. '33; Abbot Birthday Committee '33; Numerals '32; Griffin Entertainment Committee '32;
"A" Societv '33; Athletic Council '33. '34; Chevron '33; Athletic Tea Dance Committee '34; Hiking Leader
'33; Varsity Basketball Team 32, '33, '34; A.D.S. '33, '34; Head of Basketball '33; Varsity Track Team '33;
Senior Play '34; A.D.S. Plays '33, '34; Student Government '34; Honor Bonus '33; French Play '32.

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RUTH ELIZABETH STOTT

"Rut hie"
Williams Hall, Andover, Mass.

Smith

Five Years

W hat would we ever do without our smiling
Ruthie to make us laugh at our troubles? Or how
would the dav scholars ever get along without her
able guidance? Then, too, when before have the
Abbot courts seen such a fast, energetic, and suc-
cessful tennis player? Anyhow, Ruthie, old dear,
we know that vou'll succeed; and we hope the
fates are good to vou.

Head of Dav Scholars '34; Entertainment Committee '33; President of Q E.D. '34; Senior-Mid Student
Government Representative '33; President of Junior-Mid Class '32; Honor Roll '32; Senior-Mid Plav '33;
v\ y-L^3P QjJL- retary of Junior Class '31; Draoer Dramatics '32; Numerals '31; Abbot Athletic Association '33; Abbot

Birthdav '32; Chevrons "32, '33, '34; Gargoyle Tennis Team '32; Dav Scholar Entertainment '33; Tennis
Varsity '33, '34; Posture Honor Roll '32; Q E.D. Society '32, '33, '34; Second Vice-President Student Govern-
ment '34, Christmas Party '33, '34; "A" Society '33. "34 ; Track Club Team '31, '32; Fidelio '31, '32, '33, '34;
Head of Deck Tennis '33; Prom Usher '32; Secretary-Treasurer Q. E.D. '33; Honor Bonus; Ivy Oration '33-

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BEVERLY SUTHERLAND
"Bev"

St. Andrews PI., Yonkcrs, N. Y.
Welles ley . Three Years

Just think of a combination of Alice in Wonder-
land and Little Nell in an algebra classroom and
you'll have Beverly to perfection . But there's a
literary future ahead for her. We predict that her
Sutherland Saga will make us all proud to sav that
we once knew her. So here's to a particularly prom-
ising starlet, and mav she fulfill everyone of our
lofty expectations!

Courant '33, '34; Senior Play '34; Draper Dramatics '33; Senior-Mid Play

33; Treasurer A. A. A. 34. (\cjLT-

ELIZABETH UPTON
"Libby"

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Two Years

We're all beginning to suspect that we're har-
boring a person of future fame in our midst. Libby
has the real artistic temperament; she has the fine,
deep sensibilities of an artist, and she doesn't have
them for nothing, because she is one. Quiet, rather
absorbed, she suddenly comes out, everv now and
then, with a startling piece of literature, art, or a
thoroughlv original idea. Yes, Libby, when you
burst into flame, we'll all be ready waiting, the
very first ones to clap you on to the zenith !

Fidelio '34; Secretarj A A A. '34, Art EJitor Class Book '34; Les Beaux Arcs '33, '34; Club Track Ulv. i k*z~

33. Entertainment Committee; Senior-Mid Play '33: Secretary-Treasurer of Les Beaux Arts '34. > — I

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/V-. . V . ftj& <: ^ ^ e wonder what Marv is thinking of when she

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\rf\J D (j / ' ^f future, perhaps; and although we don't know what

-J* ^j\**VttS s&-Ct4*^ she intends to do, it would not be hard to picture

Cys*^ J J - ^^L.~' Mary some years hence. Her calm acceptance of

Q x * y **4*-' ^f^K^f-Cl^C^t^ &yS things makes the flightier of us think wistfully of

Aj^lj*/ <lj \i~ U s homes, firesides, and the pleasanter and quieter

\*r~v^^ /l£/l^ ^ Ok AJbfiAJ GL^A^ty^ things of life in which Marv seems to excel.

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^^mittee of Children's Christmas Senior- Mid Play '33; Head of Croquet '34; Party '34.

BETTY SCUTT

We were all so sorry when we returned last fall to find that our president of Stu-
dent Government was not going to be with us. It wasn't just that she held this im-
portant position, but that she was such a perfectly wonderful girl. Her goodness, and
beautv of character were such that she was liked bv everyone. We have all missed vou,
Bettv, an awful lot!

SARA MAXFIELD

Along with Betty we miss another member of our class — Sara Maxfield, who
was unable to finish this year with us because of her health. Although the Gar-
goyles fought hard and tried to appear cheery the Fall Field Day, they felt lost
and sad because of the departure of their able leader, Maxie. And the entire school
misses her pleasant smile, her wild western tales, and her sympathetic ; 'Sure."

Ny We hope to see you at our Fiftieth.

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P. Lambert J. Tracy E. Wheeler E. Caldwell J. Fortr P. Harding
D. Lambert A. Caldwell F. Heffernan E. Barium C. Estes

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Class Will

We, the Class of 1934 of Abbot Academy, being, as we believe, of sound and sane
mind and memory, do make and publish and declare this to be our last will and
testatment.

We leave our quiet and odd moments to Jane Dawes.

We leave Ruth Stott's laugh to Mickey Barlow.

We leave our Friday night fish to Star for Saturday morning breakfast.

We leave Ann Place's lipstick to Betty Joost.

We leave all our curlers to Alice Robinson.

We leave our dauntless courage to the Preps.

We leave Mary Flaherty's mellow contralto voice to Bunny Hurlburt.

We leave Chichi's hair to Phyllis Brown.

Wc leave our baby talk to Helen Tow r er.

We leave Nancy Marsh's letterless days to Alice Cooper.

We leave Chichi's reserve to Polly Spear.

We leave our drag and dignity to the Senior Mids.

We leave our grey hairs to the Senior-Mids.

We leave our red and black nail polish to Miss Friskin.
We leave our moral theories to Miss Bailev.
W e leave a few slammed doors to Miss Bancroft.
We leave our flitty moments to Miss Ling.
We leave our heftv muscles to Miss Carpenter.
We leave all our blue paint to Miss Bailey.
W e leave our historical past to Miss Bean.

And lastly we leave our youthful frivolity, enjovment of life, and complete
sense of irresponsibility to the school in general.

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Class Statistics

Mosi Athletic
Cutest
Cleverest
Best Dressed .
Most Literary
Artistic . .
Pessimist

Optimist

Prettiest

Best All-Around

Most Drag

Capable

Versatile ....

Absent-Minded

Best Figure ....

Meekest ...

Smoothest ....

Best Dancer

Personality

Neatest

Most High Hat

Class Clown .

Most Likely to Succeed

Done Most for the School

Best Looking

Most Temperamental .

Chichi Clos

Virginia Holden

Betty Flanders

Ann Place

Jane Campbell

Bettv Flanders

Marv Whitnev

Ruth Stott

Virginia Holden

Lena Hamilton

Marion Rogers

Lena Hamilton

Betty Flanders

Libby Upton

Sarah Dean

Carolyn Muzzy

Sarah O'Reilly

Molly Savage

Marv Flahertv

Chichi Clos

Virginia Holden

Ruth Stott

Betty Flanders

Eleanor Harrvman

Katharine Damon

Ada Carlson

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The Perfect Abbot Girl

Hair

Eyes

Nose

Lips

Teeth

Eyelashes

Complexion

Eylbrows

Hands

Smile

Protile

Virginia Holden

Katharine Damon

Barbara Rirzman

Sarah O'Reilly

Mary Flaherty

Mercedes Clos

Nancy Marsh

Mary Rockwell

Ann Place

Beverlv Sutherland

Elizabeth Flanders

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Class Prophecy

Look! Who's that dark and Noble man
Who takes his Place beside our Ann?

The world is full of fun and wits,
On top of which our Nanko sits.

And sad to say we are afraid — uh —
To tell you where we saw our Ada.

When next we see our friend Ruth Stott
She's back at Intervale on a .

Molly says, eyes full of tears,

I meant to have fun for twenty years.

Tickets to see Miss Skeeter Dean !

She's America's famous high-jump queen!

Jinny's in Cranford, we have heard,
Peacefully settled with "Dicky Bird."

Our Sal has wealth and furs of mink
She's never seen a kitchen sink.

The voice of Flit has changed a mite
She's singing opera every night.

Lena raises pigs for fun

And has ten daughters but no son.

Marion, after men from habit,
Did us proud and caught a Cabot.

I sav, do call Miss Flanders in
To paint a portrait of the king.

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Reading script is quire a job,
But El is quite above the mob.

W c hear from Pokey in the West,
That she likes Kirkwood quire the best.

Swirling modernistic art

The future has for Libby's part.

A squalid house, a messy dress,
That's our Chichi, oh my, yes!

Dynamic symmetry chews a bone,
When Dee goes galloping off on her own.

W ho's that scribbling for the press?
It's Caroline, or we miss our guess.

At last our Barbs has found her place,
An efficiency bureau she does grace.

The ribbon supply is getting low,
For Sandy wins in each horse-show.

Jane is high in the ranks of fame;

By writing books she's made her name.

Peggy's fame is firm at last;

She's made Marie Dressier a thing of the past.

While looking for Mary we came upon a hut
And there she was living as Mrs. - — .

Beverly concocts delicacies over the stove
W bile children leave the house in a drove.

If you're lost in the mountains far away
And find an old lady, we'll bet it's Ka\

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Senior Class Song

For us arose the Abbot towers,

Their beauty, strength and grace are ours.

And to the school we all adore

Sings the Class of '34.

So may our hearts remember thee;

So may our liyes thy tribute be;

Strong, true, and beautiful.

And braye, and free;

So mav our hearts remember thee.

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Ring Song

See in that band of gold-
Memories bright and clear
Memories sweet and dear
Which we now hold.

Symbol of friendships true,
Pleasure and faithfulness,
Ring, which we now possess
We sing of you.

Think such a little thing
Memories so dear can hold
Kept when the years are old
In this dear ring.

Nancy Marsh

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Tree Song

Tree which we consecrate here in our hearts,
Plant firm thy roots in the life-giving soil;
Lift high thv young green leaves, and higher still,
Till silver bark is bright against the blue,
And tall and beautiful thou stand at last.

So would we plan our lives, although our roots
Be planted deep away from air and sunlight:
Reaching always for what we know is higher,
Till we too stand at last in our full growth,
May we be beautiful, lovely as thou.

Beverly Sutherland

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Intervale

On the bright Monday following mid-year exams a train pulled into Intervale.
We, the 1934 Senior Class of Abbot, crowded out of it and made a dash for the sleigh.
Although there were thirty-five of us, we squeezed in somehow; and as two big horses
drew us along the snowv road to the Belleview, we looked at the countryside and
breathed in the clear cold mountain air. Running into the hotel, we glanced around,
warmed our fingertips over a crackling fire, then scrambled after our baggage and
hurried up to find our rooms. No time was lost in changing our clothes. The quiet
valley of Intervale soon had Abbot girls shuffling about on snowshoes or gliding along
on skis, poking into all its nooks and crannies. We slid quietly along on skis through
beautiful woods. The trees were very tall, old, and stately. Long shafts of sunlight
coming down through the lacy roof of needles touched the snow here and there to a
diamond-like brilliance.

The following morning we experienced a typical Belleview breakfast. It consisted
of fruit, cereal, muffins, double orders of steak, potatoes, and coffee and triple orders of
griddle cakes. However, after a morning of skiing, snowshoeing, tobogganing, and
skating we all seemed to be able to manage double orders of everything for dinner.
That evening we went to a flapjack party in the Cathedral woods. It was cold, very
cold, — eighteen below, in fact. The sky was filled with stars and seemed exceptionallv
black because of the contrasting snow-covered countryside. When our guide had led
us across the tracks and into the pine woods, an indescribable eerie atmosphere closed
in about us. The trees were nearly the same size, rising some thirty feet to the lowest
branch. There was no underbrush, just large tree trunks here, there, and over there —
nearly artificial in their evenness. When we looked overhead the stars seemed entangled
in the lacy branches. And the cold was the biting kind that makes one think of the
wolf's dismal wail, and a lone trapper lost in the woods, — perhaps in a place like this
where all the trees are the same for miles. The cheerv fires certainly were a welcome
sight and we ate our pancakes with gusto.

On the third morning a light snow fall veiled the mountains. But that afternoon
as we assembled to say "Good-bye" to Intervale and mount the train, the clouds
suddenly parted, allowing the glorious sunshine to flood the valley. It was all so
wonderful; we had ha'd such a marvelous time; and we did hate to leave.

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Intervale Songs

(Tune: Shanghai LiP)

Last year we heard them talk about it

We knew that it would be such fun

And now we've been and know

What fun it is to go, for

Winter sports at Intervale.

What glorious skating!

Exciting sleigh rides!

Skiing and moonlight walks

Flap-jack parties at "ZERO" weather

All at Intervale.

We've memories that will last forever

Remaining fresh down thru the vears

Reminding us anew

Of friends and frolics too

In '34 at Intervale.

(Tune : A Little Bit of Heaven)

Sure a little bit of heaven

Fell from out the sky one day,

And it nestled in New Hampshire

Not so many miles away;

And when the angels found it

Sure it looked so sweet and fair

Thev said "Suppose we leave it

For it looks so peaceful there."

So thev sprinkled it with sunshine

Just to make the pine trees grow,

They're the finest ones that can be found

No matter where you go.

And thev placed the mountains round it

Just to keep away the gale,

And when they had it finished

Sure thev called it Intervale.

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Intervale Songs

(Tune: Build a Little Home}

Oh we came to Intervale

Just to have a look around,

And we found that Intervale

Was a heaven on the ground.

Then we started out on skis

And we tried our luck on skates.

And we walked to North Conway

When 'twas dark and rather late.

There was starlight,

There was moonlight

There was skating after dark.

There was a sunrise

When they called us

And we got up with the lark

When we had to take the train,

There were farewells, there were tears,

Back to Abbot once again

Keeping memories through the years.

(Tune: Wooden-bead, Puddiri -head Jones}

Oh Senior-Mids, life's well worth living,

Wait till you're seniors as we.

Then you can go to Intervale

To skate, to toboggan, and ski.

You'll soon get used to exercising

When the temperature's minus three.

You'll learn to like your daily tumbles,

Bruising and skinning your knee.

Yesterday we donned snowshoes, then

Climbed up Mount Surprise.

After lunch we trailed a truck,

And the snow got in our eyes.

Maybe you think that you're no athlete

Well — neither did we,

Wait till you get to Intervale,

There you just have to be.

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Senior Middle Class

Colors — Blue and Whiil

President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer

OFFICERS— First Half

Elaine Eaton
Cecile Van Peursem

Ann Cutler
Cathleen Burns

President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer

OFFICERS— Second Half

Kathryn Scudder

Frances McTlrnen

Susan Hildreth

Helen Tower

Priscilla Abbot
Miriam Adams
Doris Anderson
Mary Barlow
Phyllis Brown
Cathleen Burns
Helen Cary

*rbara Chamberlain
tty Clough
A Ate Cooper
Claire Cregg
Ann Cutler
Jane Dawes
Natalie Doucet

Class of 1935

Elaine Eaton
Gerai.dine Eick
Georgeanna Gabei.er
Susan Hildreth
Martha How e
Ann Hlrlburt
Eleanor Johnson
Elizabeth Kennedy
Frances McTernen
Doris Moore
Patricia Noonan
Lucia Nunez
Claire Oppenhlim

Jean Palmer
Ruth Pratt
Virginia Prest
Rosalie Rappoport
Ellen Rivinius
Alice Robinson
Ann Russell
Doris Schwartz
Kathryn Scudder
Mary Seem \\
Shirley Smite
Margit Thony
Helen Tow i r
Cecile Van Peursem

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Senior Middle Class Song

Here are some girls who are real Abbot girls
Who will strive for the school they adore.
Never desponding, we're ever resolving
That up to the heights we will soar.
Shoulder to shoulder and bolder and bolder
We sing as we swing on our way
So, we know the white and blue
Will alwavs thrill our hearts
On, we're marching on, we are the Class of '35.

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ATHLETIC COUNCIL
M. Rockwell, M. Whitney, N. Marsh, K. Scudder, M. Trafton. D. Hall, C. Kinsman, A. Carlson, H. Tower, A. Place
M. Clos E. Upron M Savage, President J. Campbell K. Damon

A SOCIETY
L. Hamilton M. Rockwell M. Savage A. Cutler

M. Clos K. Damon

D. Hall E. Flanders R. Stott
: McTernen, President A Carlson E. Harrvman

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HOCKEY TEAM
D. More V. Holden C. VanPeursem K. Damon E. Clough

P. Spear D. Hall M. Clos, Captain J. Taylor P. Harding

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P. Brown S. Scott J. Tr.io L. Hamilton

A. Carlson, Captain M. Savage

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Fidelio Society

President

Cathleen Burns
Jane Campbell
Ada Carlson
Katharine Damon
Lena Hamilton
Eleanor Harryman
Virginia Holden
Nancy Marsh
Sarah O'Reilly
Molly Savage
Ruth Stott
Mary Whitney
Elizabeth Clough
Elizabeth Seaman
Elizabeth Kennedy
Clara Holland
Helen Tower
Georgeanna Gabeler
Mary Trafton
Ann Russell
Kathryn Scudder
Eleanor Robinson
Geraldine Eick
Jane Dawes
Jane Taylor

Cecile Van Peursem

Ann Cutler
Barbara Chamberlain
Elizabeth Caldwell
Margaret Estes
Ann Hurlbutt
Elaine Eaton
Dorothy Hamilton
Eleanor Johnson
Sally Gage
Caroline Rockwell
Sally Burns
Elizabeth Wheeler
Pauline Spear
Priscilla Mailey
Elizabeth Upton
Natalie Doucet
Mary W'olf
Martha Howe
Frances McTernen
Barbara Reinhart
Phyllis Lambert
Ruth Pratt
Jane Forte
Frances Hit i ernan
Sarah Scates

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CLASS BOOK BOARD
K. Damon N. Marsh M. Flaherty E. Flanders E. Upton

B. Sutherland L. Hamilton D. Hall

M. Clos

Class Book Board

Editor-in-Cbiej
Delight Hall

Business Editor
Mary Rockwell

Ex-officio
Lena Hamilton

Elizabeth Flanders

Art Editors

Elizabeth Upton

Nancy Marsh
Mary Flaherty

Literary Editors

Katharine Damon

Mercedes Clos
Beverly Sutherland

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STUDENT GOVERNMENT

A Place, V. Holden, E. Johnson, J. Campbell, A. Dodge, M. Savage, A. Russell, S. O'Reilly, A. Hurlburt
L. Hamilton K. Damon M. Flahertv E. Harryman, President R. Stott B. Ritzman

CHOIR

A. Carlson, S. O'Reill) . N, Dducet, K. Scudder, E. Caldwell, J. For to, C. VanPeursem, E. Kennedy, P. Spear
K Damon J. Taylor A Hurlburt M. Savage, President J. Campbell C. Estes

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ABBOT CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION

A. Hurlburt A. Russell A. Place

S. O'Reillv, President

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Recall

Like a swift arrow shot from the blue

His lithe body pierces the clear green water.

The dim depths quiver —

Then close him round

While fragile bubbles eddv upwards without a sound.

The fingers of the water -siren are cool upon his flesh,

And the voice of the water-siren weaves a subtle mesh.

The purple quietness is soothing;

But the sunshine niters through.

With a gasp *

He tears himself from her close embrace

And foams upward to feel the warmth upon his face.

Life spills over him and he thanks the "ONE"

While he clambers drunkenlv over hot rocks baking in the sun.

Mercedes Clos

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COURANT BOARD
E. Robinson A. Cutler S. O'Reillv

A. Place

J. Campbell

K. Damon

Editor-in-Chief .

Delight Hall
Beverly Sutherland

Sarah O'Reilly
Alice CooperS

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Art Editors

Literary Editors

Ann Cutler

Business Editor
Katharine Damon

Assistant Business Editors

Priscilla Hoadley
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Jane Campbell

Margit Thony
Sally Scott

Ann Place
Eleanor Robinson

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ABBOT DRAMATIC SOCIETY

M. Clos A. Hurlburt

M. Morrill, President

M. Savage B. Reinhart

M. Flahertv

Abbot Dramatic Society

President

Secretary-Treasurer

Ann Hurlburt
Mabel Savagi
Mary Flaherty
Ruth Pratt

Frances Maho\; j

Margaret Morrill

Marion Rogers

Mercedes Clos
Barbara Reinhart
Phyllis Brown
Frances Heiternan

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Philomatheia Society

President
Secretary-Treasurer

Lena Hamilton
Virginia Holden
Cassandra Kinsman
Helen Tower
Elizabeth Barnes

Mary Rockwell
Caroline Muzzy

Kathryn Scudder
Martha Howe
Eleanor Johnson
Elizabeth Wheeler
Phyllis Lambert

Q. E. D. Society

President
Secretary-Treasurer

Jane Dawes
Ann Dodge
Barbara Chamberlain

Ruth Stott
Sarah Dean

Patricia Noonan
Ellen Rivinius
Jane Tracy

Doris Anderson

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Aeolian Society

President
Secretary-Treasurer

Cecile Van Peurs..m
Elaine Eaton
Georgeanna Gadeler
Mary Seaman

Geraldine Eick
Alice Robinson

Mary Trafton
Natalie Doucet
Jane Forte
Susan Hildri.ih

Mary Swan

Odeon Society

President
Secretary-Treasurer

Cathllen Burns
Elizabeth Clough
Mary Florence Barlow
Ada Carlson

Eleanor Harryman
Barbara Ritzman

Frances McTernen
Alice Caldwell
Dorothy Lambert
Shirley Smith

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E. Upton N. Marsh

C. Holland
B. Flanders

H. Cary

Les Beaux Arts

President
Secretary-Treasurer

Nancy Marsh
Elizabeth Upton

Elizabeth Flanders
Clara Holland
Ann Russell
Marion Mooney

Margaret Estes

Helen Cary
Ernestine Look
Mary Whitney
Geraldine Peck

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Big Leaves

In Andover, Massachusetts, there is a certain alley, hordered by clapboard houses
entirely devoid of architecture, which has been nick-named the "Cabbage Patch."
Despite its tilth and disorder, there is something rather fascinating about this little
street. Perhaps I like to walk through it because there are so many children that roll
in its dust, that have imaginary regal processions along its cinder length, that sit
hunched up like lost mushrooms on stones that were once meant to mark boundaries.

There is one house that is larger and more imposing than the rest. It leers down
with an ugly grin over a rank growth of weeds. Usually the shade in one of the two
windows above the door, is half down, giving the house a malignant expression.
Several weird foreign trees grow in the neglected yard.

About a week ago I was walking through this alley on my way to school. The
morning was chillv, and the sun was reflected by a soft fuzzy coating of frost. A very
slight breeze was amusing itself by twirling a few leaves from their insecure position
on the branches. It seemed to be having especial fun with a certain tree in the yard of
the uglv house. This tree had very large leaves, perhaps eight inches across, which
seemed to have been killed bv the frost the previous evening, for thev drooped from
the sinuous branches. The playful antics of this earlv morning breeze were all that was
necessary to send showers of big leaves gliding gracefully to the earth.

Three little children, residents of the "Cabbage Patch," were running to and fro,
trying to catch the leaves before they touched the ground. Impelled by the spirit of
the occasion, I laid down my books and caught a few leaves. The warning voice of a
chapel bell put an end to my caprices and sent me hurrying to school.

Delight Hall

1933
Honor

MARGARET BLACK CAROLYN GUPTILL

JANE BURNHAM A FRANCES McGARRY
ANN COLE /P\ ALICE SCHULTZ
CLARA SHAW 0> ELIZABETH SNYDER
MARIATTA TOWER BETTY WEAVER

BARBARA WORTH

Choose yoor team

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The Senior Play

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST"
Bv Oscar Wilde

The climax of Abbot dramatics, the Senior play, came on March thirteenth this
year. Oscar Wilde revels in a most complicated plot which comes out very nicelv in the
end.

John Worthing, who is Earnest in London and John at Woolton, is in love with
Gwendalen, the daughter of Ladv Bracknell. Her ladyship objects to the match be-
cause Earnest, as a baby, was found in a bag in Victoria Station. At Woolton, Algy,
John's friend, appears as Earnest, John's imaginarv wicked brother, to play a trick on
him, but falls in love with Cecilv, John's ward. Gwendalen arrives and while talking
with Cecily discovers that thev are both engaged to an Earnest. But, the entrance of
Algy and John shows them that there is no Earnest, a name of which they are very
fond.

Lady Bracknell arrives quite suddenlv and approves of nephew Algernon's en-
gagement to Cecily. But Gwendalen mav not many John. At this moment Miss
Prism, Cecily's governess comes in and Ladv Bracknell recognizes her as the nurse who
lost her sister's child twenty-eight years before. It finally turns out that John is that
child and Algy 's elder brother, and after all his name is Earnest John Moncrieff.

We all enjoyed it very much. Congratulations, Seniors.

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CHARACTERS

John Worthing

Algernon Moncrieit

Rev. Canon Chasuble, D.D.

Lane, Burler

Lady Bracknell .

Hon. Gwendalen Fairfax

Cecily Cardew

Miss Prism ....

Merriam, Servant

Katharine Damon

. Mabel Savage

Virginia Holden

Lena Hamilton

Elizabeth Flanders

Sarah O'Reillv

Beverlv Sutherland

Marion Rogers

Margaret Morrill

Act I. Algernon Moncrieff's flat in Half Moon Street, W.
Act II. The Garden at the Manor House, Woolton
Act HI. Drawing room of the Manor House, Woolton

Time: The Present Place: London

Director

Stage Manager .
Music arranged by
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Bertha Morgan Gray

Eleanor Harryman

Kate Friskin

Mr. Tyler

ENSEMBLE
Leader, Kate Friskin

First Violin
Second Violin
Trumpet
Piano
Drums

Elaine Eaton

Helen Tower

Jane Forte

Cecile Van Peursem

Elizabeth Barnes

CHORUS

Jane Campbell, Cecile Van Peursem, Katharine Scudder, Margaret Estes, Eliza-
beth Kennedv, Elizabeth Caldwell, Ann Hurlburt, Natalie Doucet.

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Abbot Dramatic Society Plays

Sophistication, tragedy, and comedy were presented us this year by the Dramatic
Society in an unusual program of excellent acting and interesting settings.

FLEURETTE AND COMPANY

Madame Dupour (Marion Rogers) managed to out-trick Mrs. Margaret Paynter
in every move on behalf of "Fleurette and Company." On close scrutiny we saw that
under her veil of sophistication our Peggy Morrill was Mrs. Paynter.

THE MINUET

Molly Savage and Evelyn Kleven made an excellent and pleasing contrast as the
tragic Marquis and Marchioness in "The Minuet." The jailer (Barbara Reinhart) was
so real we had a great desire to hiss at him.

THE MARRIAGE PROPOSAL

Comedy in an exciting spirit was given us in "The Marriage Proposal." Bunnv
Hurlburt as Natalia Stepanova and Ivan Vassiliyitch Domov (Marv Flaherty) made a
most convincingly unromantic couple. Chichi Clos's lusty shouts of "Champagne!
Champagne!" as Stepan Stepanovitch Ischubikov, the father, ended an evening of real
enjovment.

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Senior Mid Plays

BETWEEN" THE THE SAVOURY

By Gertrude Jew: :■■
Besides excellent character acting, this play gave us an opportunity to see life
- lived in the kitchen. Life in this kitchen must have been one "pan throwing
cor.:. .frer another, with the Cook bossing everything and doing nothing, the
Parlour Maid getting her enjoyment from family arguments, and the two of them
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THE LOVING CUT
Bv A ua Brown

"The Loving Cup" depicted the mutual feeling among the inhabitants of a small
communitv in desiring to patch up the broken love affair of Cynthia and Andrew. We
. re all sorrv nice old Dr. Brentwood had to give up his cup but it did go to a worthy
cause.

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Hands

Small, plump, capable hands

Smoothing tangled hair on fevered pillows.

Old, gnarled, shinv hands

Twitching and cold in a dry, nervous heap.

Heavv, square, blunt-fingered palms

Cleaning the last dish in murkv water.

Large-veined hands, huge and hard,

Streaked with grime from stoking a bloody-faced furnace.

A clenched pair of yawling fists

Enclosed bv ringers, pale, perfumed, and young.

Paint-smeared, spatula-hands, tanned from the sun,

Skillfullv tleet in sea-blue tones on a palette.

Lanquid, snowv-palmed, ruby-tipped hands,

Distractingly posed on a sheening blue-green satin.

Grevish, loose-skinned, hungry hands

Clutching a dripping brush on a filthy floor.

All over — right now — these hands are moving

In the world; patting it, slapping it, pinching, pushing,

Spinning it 'round its ancient orbit,

Exhorting, distorting it, crying for a living in return!

Elizabeth Flaxders

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Shattered Pride

It was a lovelv hotel with a carp pond in the garden behind it and a handsome
head-waiter. These were the first things I noticed. Later I discovered that the food was
delicious and the view from my bedroom window simply "scrumptious" if I mav coin
a verv descriptive word, but the first two facts took precedence in mv mind. Always
eager to learn, I at once set out to investigate the fish in their large cement-rimmed
pool. Carp are large and grav, with inordinatelv large mouths and bulging eves, and
their unmitigated ugliness strikes terror into the hearts of visitors who watch them
goop (mv own expression) at bits of bread, and I was no exception.

My next step was tentativelv to essav an acquaintanceship with the head-waiter,
but apparentlv this was impossible. Mavbe it was because his name was Georges. At
anv rate, all mv rather timorous advances fell on barren ground. Georges's good looks
remained unimpaired by any acknowledging smile. The morning that I broke my soft
boiled egg into an egg cup which was evidentlv not meant to contain a liquid and
carelesslv allowed the gooev substance to flood the plate beneath — that morning,
I sav, I noticed a smile hovering about the lips of the august maitre d' hotel. But alas,
I realized with mv usual astuteness that he was laughing at me instead of with me.

So it was with rather forlorn hopes that I perceived that Georges himself was to
wait on our table that memorable noon. Moreover, the tables were set outdoors on
the terrace, as thev always were on fine days, and that pleased me immensely, al-
though I disliked bees getting into the jam and their buzzing futilely. The meal ended
with cooling liquid refreshment, of which I did not partake. So instead I strolled, to
be frank, swaggered, around the grounds aware that there were more than one pair of
eves fixed upon me, but especiallv one. Arriving at the carp pond I suddenly took it
into mv head to ascend onto the cement rim and walk pensively around the idly
floating carp. What a dramatic figure I imagined myself, as I "probed the inky
depths!" But, alas, the fascination must have proved too great, for I missed my foot-
ing, teetered this way and that, and finally fell noisily into the carp pond. Ah, it is
only too true that the fall of the mighty is great, but it is also true that the rise of the
fallen is sudden. At least it was in mv case. I was onlv aware of a strong hand ig-
nominiouslv seizing me bv an ignominious garment of mv apparel, and then I was on
mv feet, dripping dejectedlv, with Georges's arm around me and a sympathetic grin
on his face. Indignantlv I thrust him awav, then ran weeping and disgraced to my
mother, for at the age of six one's romantic illusions should be dispatched into the
cruel world onlv if labeled: Fragile — Handle with Care.

Jane Campbell